Simple Present TO BE

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to be

Forma Affermativa = SOGGETTO + AM, ARE, IS

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TO BE	Forma contratta*	Esempi
I am	I'm	I'm a student. I am a student. = Sono (uno) studente
you are	you're	You're nice. You are nice. = Sei simpatico
he is	he's	He's my brother. He is my brother. = E' mio fratello
she is	she's	She's my sister. She is my sister. = E' mia sorella
it is	it's	It's his dog. It is his dog. = E' il suo cane
we are	we're	We're English. We are English. = Siamo inglesi
you are	you're	You're students. You are students. = Siete studenti
they are	they're	They're your friends. They are your friends.= Sono (i) tuoi/vostri amici

*La forma contratta è quella più usata nel linguaggio colloquiale

Forma Negativa = SOGGETTO + AM, ARE, IS + NOT

TO BE	Forma contratta**	Esempi
I am not	I'm not	I am not a student. I'm not a student. = Non sono (uno) studente
you are not	you're not you aren't	You are not nice. You're not nice. You aren't nice. = Non sei simpatico
he is not	he's not he isn't	He is not my brother. He's not my brother. He isn't my brother. = Non è mio fratello
she is not	she's not she isn't	She is not my sister. She's not my sister. She isn't my sister. = Non è mia sorella
it is not	it's not it isn't	It is not his dog. It's not his dog. It isn't his dog. = Non è il suo cane
we are not	we're not we aren't	We are not English. We're not English. We aren't English. = Non siamo inglesi
you are not	you're not you aren't	You are not students. You're not students. You aren't students. = Non siete studenti
they are not	they're not they aren't	They are not your friends. They're not your friends. They aren't your friends.= Non sono tuoi/vostri amici

**La forme contratte sono le più usate

Forma Interrogativa = AM, ARE, IS + SOGGETTO

TO BE	Esempi
am I	Am I wrong?= Ho torto?
are you	Are you English?= Sei inglese?
is he	Is he a teacher?= E' un insegnante?
is she	Is she your girlfriend?= E' la tua fidanzata?
is it	I found this wallet. Is it yours? = Ho trovato questo portafogli. E' il tuo?
are we	Are we alone? = Siamo soli?
are you	Are you students? = Siete studenti?
are they	Are they your friends?= Sono (i) tuoi/vostri amici?

Forma Interrogativa-Negativa = AREN'T/ISN'T + SOGGETTO

TO BE	Esempi
aren't I	Aren't I wrong?= Non ho torto?
aren't you	Aren't you English?= Non sei inglese?
isn't he	Isn't he a teacher?= Non è un insegnante?
isn't she	Isn't she your girlfriend?= Non è la tua fidanzata?
isn't it	I found this wallet. Isn't it yours? = Ho trovato questo portafogli. Non è il tuo?
aren't we	Aren't we alone? = Non siamo soli?
aren't you	Aren't you students? = Non siete studenti?
aren't they	Aren't they your friends?= Non sono (i) tuoi/vostri amici?